Senior Finance Manager - Planning & Analysis

Head of Commercial Finance | Merseyside / Cheshire | Hybrid
A highly visible role for someone who thrives on driving business performance and delivering impact through people and insight.

The UK arm of a leading multi-national healthcare business is seeking a high-impact finance leader to head up its Commercial Finance function. With an emphasis on performance insight, business partnering and forward planning, this is a key leadership role at the heart of a complex business.

Reporting to the UK & Ireland Finance Director, the Head of Commercial Finance will lead on all aspects of controlling, reporting, forecasting and financial planning across 4 business units and will play a key role in driving simplification and ongoing improvement in business processes around reporting and forecasting. Leading the development and delivery of accurate financial and management reporting
Driving the planning cycle—budgeting, forecasting and long-term strategy
Designing and improving business models that inform commercial strategy
Partnering senior stakeholders to manage costs and improve financial performance
Producing board-level packs and providing clear financial commentary
Managing the Commercial Finance team, developing capability and succession planning
Ensuring systems, controls, and data integrity support high-quality insight and compliance
Driving ongoing simplification and transformation in reporting and forecasting processes

Commercially astute qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) with at least 5 years’ PQE
Strong technical grounding in UK GAAP/IFRS and advanced Excel/SAP skills
Proven experience in FP&A, reporting and commercial business partnering
A key role in a global business for a commercially astute finance leader with a mind for driving business performance.